Fernando Teixeira, MD

Degrees, Education & Certification

MD, University of Toronto

License, Royal College of Physician and Surgeons Canada (RCPSC) 01/2003

Fellow, Emergency Medicine Royal College of Physician and Surgeons Canada (RCPSC) 01/2003

License, Ordem Dos Medicos, Portugal 01/2007

License, Medical Board of California 03/2019

License, Medical Board of Hawaii 12/2023

Most Recent Industry Experience:

Professor CHSU, Director Community and Clinical Engagement

University of Toronto Lecturer Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine

Professor UCSF

Director of Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness UCSF Fresno

Central California Faculty Medical Group Attending Emergency Medicine

Fox Flight Air Ambulance Medical Director Fox Flight Administration

University of Toronto Clerkship Director Medicine

Latest Research, Publications, and Presentations:

1. Teixeira FJ, Girash-Bevan ML and Olson DM. Prostaglandin and isoproterenol-mediated cAMP accumulation in perinatal rat lung fibroblasts. Effects of developmental age. Pediatr Res 31:344-348, 1992. Principal Author

2. Eyester KM, Teixeira FJ, Zakar T and Olson DM. Protein kinase C-stimulatory activity in human amnion cytosol. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 76:424-428, 1993. Collaborator

3. Teixeira FJ, Zakar T, Hirst JJ, Machin G, Guo F and Olson DM. Prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthase (PGHS) activity increases with gestation and labour in human amnion. J Lipid Mediators 6:515-523, 1993. Principal Author

4. Olson DM, Zakar T, Teixeira FJ, Hirst JJ, Guo F and Pankovich J. Prostaglandins and Parturition. In: Ninth International Congress in Endocrinology. Eds: R. Mornex, C. Jaffiol and J. LeClerc. Parthenon Publishing; Camforth, England. 9:644-648, 1993. Collaborator

5. Zakar T, Teixeira FJ, Hirst JJ, MacLeod EA, Guo F and Olson DM. Regulation of prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthase in the human amnion by glucocorticoids and protein kinase C. J Reprod Fertil 100:43-50, 1994. Co-principal Author

6. Teixeira FJ, Zakar T, Hirst JJ, Guo F, Sadowsky DW, Machin G, Demanczuk N, and Olson DM. Prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthase (PGHS) activity and immunoreactive PGHS-1 and PGHS-2 levels in human amnion throughout gestation and at labour. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 78:1396-1402, 1994. Principal Author

7. Hirst JJ, Teixeira FJ, Zakar T and Olson DM. Prostaglandin endoperoxide-H synthase -1 and -2 messenger ribonucleic acid levels in human amnion with spontaneous labor onset. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 80:517-523, 1995. Collaborator

8. T Zakar, D M Olson, F J Teixeira Regulation of prostaglandin endoperoxide H2 synthase in term human gestational tissues Acta Physiologica Hungarica 02/1996; 84(2):109-18. Collaberator